138 pages ; 21 cm

Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence of Walker’s power to depict black women—women who vary greatly in background yet are bound together by what they share incommon. Taken as a whole, their stories form an enlightening,disturbing view of life in the South

Alice Walker tells the stories of black women who vary greatly in background but who are bound together by their vulnerability to life: Roselily, on her wedding day, surrounded by her four children, pays that a loveless marriage will bring her respectibility; a young writer, exploited by both her lover and her husband, wreaks an ironic vengeance; a jealous wife, looking for her husband's mistress, finds a competitor she cannot fight; an old woman, thrown out of a white church, meets God on a highway. These and nine other women represent the seekers of dignity and love portrayed in this new collection from the Pulitizer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author

"A Harvest book."

Roselily -- Really, doesn't crime pay? -- Her sweet Jerome -- The child who favored daughter -- Everyday use -- The revenge of Hannah Kemhuff -- The welcome table -- Strong horse tea -- Entertaining God -- The diary of an African nun -- The flowers -- We drink the wine in France -- To hell with dying

Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence of Walker’s power to depict black women—women who vary greatly in background yet are bound together by what they share incommon. Taken as a whole, their stories form an enlightening,disturbing view of life in the South

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